Knotetaker (“Knotetaker,” the “Service,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) is a personal project operated by an individual based in the United States. By accessing or using the Service, you agree to these Terms of Use (the “Terms”). If you do not agree, do not use the Service.
1. A personal project, provided as-is
Knotetaker is a labor of love — a hobby project built to learn about AI — and should be treated accordingly. It is an early-stage, independent project offered on a best-effort basis. It is not a commercial product with guarantees, uptime commitments, or support obligations. We may add, change, suspend, or discontinue any part of the Service (or the whole thing) at any time, with or without notice. Features may be experimental and may change or break.
2. Eligibility
You must be at least 18 years old to use the Service. By using it, you represent that you are 18 or older and that you have the legal capacity to agree to these Terms.
3. Access is invite-only (“friends of Bill”)
Knotetaker is offered only to a small, hand-picked circle — think “friends of Bill.” Access is a privilege granted at our sole discretion. We are under no obligation to approve any request, and we may place you on a waitlist; or decline, limit, suspend, or revoke access at any time, for any reason or for no reason.
Keeping the circle small is deliberate. It lets us run this personal experiment responsibly — controlling cost and limiting risk — rather than operating a public service. If Knotetaker ever grows beyond this circle, we will update these Terms and our practices accordingly.
4. Your content and the rights you give us
“Your Content” means anything you submit to the Service — notes, links, text, emails, meeting notes, and similar material. As between you and us, you own Your Content. You grant us a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free license to host, store, copy, process, transmit, and analyze Your Content, and to share it with the third-party service providers described in our Privacy Policy, solely to operate and improve the Service for you.
You are solely responsible for Your Content and for having all necessary rights and permissions to submit it — including any information about other people (for example, people named in your emails or meeting notes). You represent that Your Content and your use of the Service do not violate any law or any third party’s rights.
5. Acceptable use
You agree not to:
- use the Service for any unlawful, harmful, or abusive purpose;
- submit content you do not have the right to submit, or that infringes or violates anyone’s rights;
- submit highly sensitive information — such as government identifiers, full financial account numbers, health records, or similar — which the Service is not designed to protect;
- attempt to disrupt, reverse-engineer, overload, or gain unauthorized access to the Service or its infrastructure;
- use the Service to build a competing product from our data or code.
6. AI features and their limits
The Service uses artificial intelligence to enrich, summarize, and connect your material. To do this, Your Content may be sent to and processed by third-party AI and infrastructure providers, currently including Anthropic and OpenAI, and others we may add over time (for example, voice tools such as ElevenLabs). See the Privacy Policy for the current list.
AI output can be inaccurate, incomplete, or misleading. It is provided for your convenience only and is not professional, legal, financial, medical, or other expert advice. Do not rely on it for important decisions. You are responsible for reviewing and verifying anything the Service produces.
7. Third-party services
The Service depends on third-party providers for hosting, authentication, embeddings, AI, and email. We are not responsible for those providers, their availability, or their acts or omissions, and your use of the Service may also be subject to their terms.
8. Privacy and data location
Our data practices are described in the Privacy Policy. The Service is operated from and hosted in the United States and is intended for users in the United States. We make no claim of compliance with the EU/UK GDPR, the CCPA/CPRA, or other regional data-protection or privacy regimes, and we do not offer a Data Processing Agreement. If you are located in the European Union, the EEA, or the United Kingdom, please do not use the Service. We use your data only to provide the Service — we do not sell it and do not send marketing email; any email or SMS we send is transactional (sign-in links and Service notifications).
9. No warranties
THE SERVICE IS PROVIDED “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE,” WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS, IMPLIED, OR STATUTORY, INCLUDING ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. WE DO NOT WARRANT THAT THE SERVICE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, SECURE, ERROR-FREE, OR THAT ANY DATA WILL BE PRESERVED OR ACCURATE. YOU USE THE SERVICE AT YOUR OWN RISK.
10. Limitation of liability
The Service is provided to you free of charge. TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, WE WILL NOT BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR ANY DAMAGES OF ANY KIND — INCLUDING DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, OR ANY LOSS OF DATA, PROFITS, GOODWILL, OR BUSINESS — ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO THE SERVICE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY. BECAUSE YOU PAY NOTHING FOR THE SERVICE, OUR TOTAL AGGREGATE LIABILITY TO YOU FOR ALL CLAIMS RELATING TO THE SERVICE IS US $0. If the law does not permit a complete exclusion, our total liability is limited to US $100, and some of the above may not apply to you.
11. Indemnification
You agree to indemnify and hold harmless the operator of Knotetaker from and against any claims, damages, liabilities, and expenses (including reasonable legal fees) arising out of or related to Your Content, your use of the Service, or your violation of these Terms or any law or third-party right.
12. Intellectual property
The Service, including its software, design, and branding, is owned by us and protected by law. These Terms grant you a limited, personal, non-transferable, revocable license to use the Service; they do not transfer any ownership to you.
13. Termination
You may stop using the Service at any time. We may suspend or terminate your access at any time, for any reason, without notice. Sections that by their nature should survive termination — including content licenses, disclaimers, limitation of liability, and indemnification — will survive.
14. Changes to these Terms
We may update these Terms from time to time. When we do, we will revise the “Last updated” date above. Your continued use of the Service after changes take effect means you accept the revised Terms.
15. Governing law and disputes
These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of California, without regard to its conflict-of-laws rules. Any dispute relating to the Service or these Terms will be resolved exclusively in the state or federal courts located in California, and you consent to their jurisdiction. To the extent permitted by law, you and we each waive any right to a jury trial and to participate in a class or representative action.
16. Contact
Questions about these Terms? Reach out at billwatt@gmail.com.